I think ~/.bin is silly, however I'm having the problem now with ~/bin (
git (from source) installs to ~/bin, and the version in the feisty repos
is old. ).. Currently I'm confused on this matter, as ~/.bash_profile (
by proxy of /etc/skel/.bash_profile) contains
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
fi
Which applies for all login shells and subprocs that are initiated
through a bash login. Now while I haven't tested this, this should mean
that the bug is in fact in G/K/X-DM. If $PATH is changed, all subshells
(forks etc) should inherit the modified $PATH variable. As long as that
method's login-script has a stanza like the above.
If your login shell, or parent process is GDM/KDM then a non-existent-
bash-login won't execute the bash-login-shell script ~/.bash_profile.
This is a failed assumption by someone possibly years old.
The proof would be to shutdown gdm/gnome, login through a term (bash -l
shell), call gnome manually and echo $PATH; ~/bin should be there.
A patch is supplied for gdm:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/gdm/Init# diff Default new-Default -c1
*** Default 2006-10-20 18:36:24.000000000 -0500
--- new-Default 2007-05-17 11:47:10.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 5,7 ****
! PATH=/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH
OLD_IFS=$IFS
--- 5,7 ----
! PATH=~/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH
OLD_IFS=$IFS
Please move this bug to gdm, apply the patch, mark as resolved, and give
to the kubuntu guys so they can fix kdm too.
** Also affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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would be nice to add ~/bin to the default PATH
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/64064
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